yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Use root explorer if you want :) Then edit the files that way. It allows you to remount as RW with a button. It's a paid app, but it's worth the small cost :)

Or try Estrongs and enable root mode
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
Awesome, thanks for the advice! I totally forgot this possibility :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
Just wanted to let you know that Facebook Sync shows up in Sync settings, but:

I have my contacts linked to Facebook twice for some reason.

Contact photos are not synced.

Clicking on the contacts Facebook link takes me to my own FB profile page.

All my contacts are synced from Google Contacts, and there is a [HTCData] tag with Facebook id's in all my contacts Notes-field.

I've tried rebooting and re-enabling sync.

I guess it's back to waiting for a fix from the awesome dev group.. :p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Hmm. Did you do the fix?

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=2160&hilit=facebook#p21779
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] top_bunk:
I've had the same result, still no pics and links through to my profile for everyone.

I guess I'll wait for the update as well.

EDIT: this was after doing the fix.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tempo10:
About chinese character

For those cannot show chinese character, try to flash font.zip in recovery. This works fine for me at least!

And for those who wants the old spareparts in 2.1, replace it with the spareparts attached.

Current Problem:

Can anyone fix the avastar from "ME" in messaging? I can't find a option to set my own avastar, and it's always blanked grey.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
I did the fix. Checked that build.hero.prop was updated. Before and after reboot.

Above post is the situation after the fix.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dexter.:
I've did a quick test of this rom and it seems nice. But some of the bugs affect me too much... :(

And now a lost root access.

I will try a different rom and come back and try this after the update.

Keep up the good work team Villain.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Psyed:
Rom feels very fast an stable for a first version.

The btterly life is not that bad tbh. Phone is running for 14:37 without charging. Wifi and GPS turned on and GPS used for about 30 minutes. And 3 hours of streaming music.

The only real issue I've come across is the killing of tasks via ATK. If an app uses a lot of data (StreamFurious for example) the task is't killed. This did not occur with 2.1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] e2zippo:
Will a facebook sync fix make it into 1.01 perhaps?

Love the ROM so far btw, although it's not as fast as my MCR 4 (2.1).

I can't seem to get the same flow in launcher pro plus when scrolling through my apps, and ideas?

Can't wait for the new kernel as well, i wanna try 748mhz out :)

Edit: i just benchmarked with linpack and scored 3.6, seems kinda low or am I wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itscro:
So true! With the new kernel I'm getting linpack scores of 4.7 (691oc), previously I was getting 3.6 (no oc obviously). Feels much slicker scrolling through homescreens/menus.

Cheers guys, keep up the good work. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BigD18t:
where di you get the new kernel ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=2214#p22351
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] itscro:
From the IRC channel on villainrom.co.uk

Edit: Doh, beaten.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
That old kernel doesn't do OC at all. Use the new one mentioned in the post above. I don't know about facebook. Some people seem to think it's fine, which makes me think it could be down to individual configurations etc, like whether friends are all in using the correct names etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
LOL. That must have been within a few seconds of each other :) Give it a shot and see what you get now :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BigD18t:
got it , clocked up to 748mhz and getting between 4.9 and 5.2 :cool:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Excellent. BTW, if you run the command "su" and then "compcache on", it will enable compcache. Just ignore the error messages about insmod, we just didn't edit the script for this release. That might help you get more performance gains.

To disable, use "compcache off", again with su first if on the phone :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] capitellum:
Unfortunately,after flash this ROM, my hero repeat the boot screen for several times about 2 hours! I've wipe everything and do step by step as recommended. My SD Card is 8GB, class4. What happen to my hero?

Do all of you have any recommendations? Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Weird. This is the first time someone's reported such an issue. I would suggest using a logcat during boot to try and find the issue.

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1735 and then do adb logcat > bootlog.txt and get that file.

Or try booting without SD card in
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
I thought the difference in the Facebook sync issue might have been that some people are using the test kernel. So I updated the kernel, but it didn't help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kd0t:
Doesnt the kernal that comes with the rom already go up to 748?? Because mine is OC'd up that high right now. Also running compcache does nothing, says it cannot find it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
You must install testkernel. Also, turn off setcpu first, as that kernel isn't actually overclocking, so it likely won't work at that speed.

Compcache is only there after installing new kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cap8000:
does anyone know how to fix the gallery problem when switching from portrait to landscape it goes blurry? seen 1 fix but gta use adb and nt sure how to. so is there an easier way?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
as far as I know there are no working fixes for FROYO yet for this issue.

Its an issue with the 3d drivers that took ages to fix for 2.1 so don't expect a quick fix on 2.2

It can be worked though, turn your phone sideways before opening the gallery then it works fine, until you change orientation again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cap8000:
ok thanks for the quick reply
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
The adb apk fix is quite good, so long as you switch orientation rapidly (ie. vigorously flick it round on its side).

You could use a file explorer like Root Explorer or Estrongs File Manager in root mode if you want.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
Apparently the people who said that they got their Facebook Sync working with the build.hero.prop fix, didn't get it working. Including the folks @ villainrom.co.uk Froydvillain forum.

So, does anyone have FB Sync working with this rom? (Including contact photo sync)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] vlefevre86:
Actually, it's working just fine on my phone - reloading itself on rotate though. It just gets blurry again once in a while, but just rotating again solves this.

Link on VR forum : http://villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=2144#p22037

Just had to wipe Gallery's data, if I remember well... But it is working :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tapp1:
Tip: If you're like me, and can't live without Facebook contact photos for your phone contacts, just use an app called SyncMyPix from the Market.

Thanks to the person on VR forum who advised to use this app :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stormfury_2:
Yes my contacts have synced with photos using only google contacts to store none are on phone or sim - handcent seems to like the sync too
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwira:
User Experience

So far so good.

Some issues here reported.

Just One Question? I had Flash 10.1 working in HTC Hero g2 custom base rom with android 2.1.

When will flash available to this rom?

Best Regards,

Sérgio Machado
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rakig:
Did you have Flash 10.1 or Flash lite working on a Hero 2.1?

From what I recall in other threads, flash 10.1 will not work on the hero due to older hardware/CPU
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jimbob0i0:
The built in vpn doesn't work with the cisco endpoint my company uses. Villainrom10 has the tun.ko module and works with vpnc from the marketplace. Could the kernel be compilied with this module enabled?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nardeeno:
can you please advise wich custom rom with what configuration you got flash 10.1 working on your gsm hero?thanx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TimD123:
Live Wallpapers

I grabbed the latest build of Live Wallpapers from the cyanogen mod v6 nightly build and installed it. It seems to be working fine. I'm also running the latest test kernel OC'd to 748MHz.

Just in case anybody else wants to give it a go. I also tried the Camera.apk from the same build but it is still FC-ing on me. I may try to install it directly into /system/app later when I get a chance.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
regarding test kernel - tried it, really fast, 5.1 @ 729 setcpu 2.0.1

I've run my phone at 729 for months without issues, but I do know that sometimes jit stuff seems to need a slightly slower top speed on the hero, at least I keep coming across situations where people's regular top speeds give them issues with froyo and need to step it down a notch.

I didn't do that, maybe I should have. I'm onto another rom again now LoL.

however what happened was both big games (monopoly, Raging thunder 2) and google navigation randomly just quit, like an fc but without any notification. just stopped. took several minutes for each. phone kept working fine.

just posting here in case anyone else comes across that issue. Will be interesting to see if they don't - then it could be that my cpu was just a bit too fast. can't test now though, needed my phone for real work so flashed alternative rom in case stability became a bigger issue at the office.

cheers,

Will be back again to try more asap.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] BigD18t:
just done this from the terminal, says compache on, and so far the results are the same.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mainstreamer:
Can anyone tell me how i can enable my (dutch) dictionary again?

I enabled it but when texting it doesn't autocorrect.

Any help?

P.S. great rom! :D i love it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Ummm. What keyboard are you using? HTC_IME mod (the low res 1.5 version) works fine and should have dictionary.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Cool. It's not always a huge improvement, but it can help after it's been running for a bit.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mainstreamer:
How can i configure this? It uses the new keyboard settings from 2.2 i think.

Everything is changed. Hope that helps, hehe.

Thanks for your fast response

N.v.m. HTC_IME works great! Thanks for the tip :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
No problem. HTC_IME mod is a much better keyboard IMO
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] TimD123:
I keep getting a FC when I try to use the HTC_IME mod keyboard. FYI - I'm using the one for Android 1.6 and above with voice. Would it be possible for someone to post the APK they're using?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MiniDolan:
:D

Great rom.

Had very few issues so far.

I've flashed over the test kernel so I could overclock it, but whenever i open any overclock app (overclock widget or SetCPU,) the phone freezes. This happens before I've even set any values. It freezes upon boot also, until I remove the app through ADB

Any help would be appreciated

:D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Clear the settings for the app. Do adb shell, and rm the folder /data/data/com.something.overclock IIRC

If you do "ls | grep over", you'll get the name. It's something like "com.muhang.overclock" IIRC. Then do

rm -r com.whatever.it.was

and reboot the phone.

Install SetCPU again.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] melodaf:
No Root ? =(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Ehm yes, of course there's root :)

What is the issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Titou1309:
Hi,

Very nice rom.

I have a problem.

Why multi touch doesn't work in the web brownser ???

Can you tell me how make it work.

Thx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MiniDolan:
:D

Thanks for the quick response, works brilliantly now :D

Cheers :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
I read this post earlier and immediately went to Setcpu and put my oc to 651 its been like it since the post was first put up (as I spend all day on here) I have not had the horrific slow down /freezes I was experiencing earlier so thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maddog497:
I believe it is only on the default browser, try Opera it should work.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ldawidss:
after 2 days of using:

what works well:

-The whole system works great, it's amazingly snappy, much better than any sense or non-sense android I've used.

- No system FC's

-Battery life is really good, after 16hours of extensive use 6am till 10pm I'm at exactly 50% battery level (that with push email turned on with k-9, 3G turned on all time, ~1,5 h of internet surfing, ~40 sent and received texts, ~40mins calltime.)

-browser loads websites much quicker than in android 2.1 (multitouch works for me also)

what can be improved:

-I really like the keyboard and the language switching (I'm bilingual so I'd use that a lot) but it seems like auto-correction doesn't work

- Connection indicator has G or 3g option. I think indicatng HSDPA would be helpful.

-camera ... though Camera problem is not a huge issue for me, the htc camera is quite bad as it is so, I hardly ever used it when I could.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Hacre:
Fixed in the next release.

This is how it works in 2.2. Perhaps someone who likes messing about in the display framework will add a H symbol, but it is low priority for now.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adrimaxi:
+1 I have the same... It's quite bad, therefore Maps isn't working!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ozTravman:
There is no silient & no vibrate option that other ROMs have. If you turn it all the way down it goes to vibrate mode, unless you set it to "Vibrate only on silent".

Its good to have a vibrate mode for meetings, but I always turn my phone on silent with no vibrate for going to sleep.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Syn3rgetic:
Also this will be the last ROM I will ever use on the Hero. Moving on to a N1 as of wednesday.

Also, donated. That is all.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arklov:
FB sync doesn't work. Only English and I can't OC mine ;/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hrking2000:
Well done and thank you.

I especially like the start up animations-

'Htc, quietly useless' and '>htc'.... very amusing.

Keep up the great work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sheridan2000:
works quite well, could not seem to get it to link with my google account thus no contacts...also only managed to get a 3g connection rather than a high speed connection. But looks really promising....gonna try choc 2 to see how that run and may come back to this one...great work though...thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zain1612:
Been using this for about two hours

Youtube the video playback gets stuck
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] alx886:
So Far So Good...

So far so good, stable and quick very clean, wireless works, gmail sync works, my contacts came through ok no complaints there.

Hopefully the camera will be fixed in a future release but I don't use the camera much so it's not a big deal but it's an excellent release.

Keep up the good work!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bulltronStudios:
i have downloaded 2 camera apps(free on market), and payed for 2 camera apps off the market, ALL have extremely sketchy preview .... the one suggested, has alright preview, but TERRIBLE picture quality.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] orangeclanz:
what's d difference with CM6? appreciated anyone please advise.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robocik:
something is wrong with the kernel... i overclocked it to 748 and i got still just 3.6 in linpack...

I changed the kernel from Fusion rom and get 4.7 in linpack...

how what and why ?

Otherwise it is a great rom, professional :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maarch:
I'm finishing the install of froyd.

I had Fusion before, hopefully the quality of Vilain is like in 2.1

Robocik, did you try to use the phone for a while and reboot it a couples of time.

I know with fusion I had to restart my phone a couples of time before it got up to speed.

If not, keep us updated
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] robocik:
i restarted it couple of times, but it stayed max at 3.7... and after kernel change it was 4.6 right on.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maarch:
is it me or the feature of when you press home while beeing on the home screen would bring up an "expose" to switch to another windows, is now gone ?

EDIT : just tried a linpack myself ( never did it before ) and max I get to is 3.7

How do I change the kernel to the one of Fusion ( since in theory it is supose to be the same kernel anyway )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AndrewWalker613:
any info on sense being implemented any time soon?

unfortunately, Im one of the ones that enjoys the sense UI lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] maarch:
I dont think it's gonna be for a while since Launcher 2 is now preatty much what sense and LauncherPro is.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Rosco911:
Thanks a lot for the awesome work always!

I know cant be easy, and specially doing it for free.

Im a jobless bastard, wish I could donate lol.

Other than that, i have no way to help, but with feedback as much as i can.

And thank u once again!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] apychan:
chinese needed

all chinese words become a square:(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zoob6626:
push DroidSansFallback.ttf .....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] leung128wp:
This is a good suggest. Can you tech me how to do? i And where can i download the files?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RaduG:
This is the same thing as maxisma's nightly builds and rbrucemtl's Fusion. Except for the kernel.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zoob6626:
Download Site

android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=tree;f=data/fonts

adb shell mount /system

adb push DroidSansFallback.ttf /sdcard/

adb push DroidSansFallback.ttf /system/fonts/

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf

adb shell dd if=/sdcard/DroidSansFallback.ttf of=/system/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf

adb shell reboot
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Very strange. I have maps running here fine with gps and 3g running perfectly.

What radio are you using? Maybe you need to upgrade it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ProfessorAsian:
Is there a reason there is no way to answer a call on screen when there is an incoming call? Not sure if that is by design, a known bug, or something very weird on my install. It just is blank and I have to press the physical call button to answer the call.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Toffei:
If you're refering to the slide function to answer a call, it's not there. Press the left hardware button when you get a call.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwiksand:
Is there a reason why people can't read just a few posts into the thread?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adrimaxi:
I have the last one distributed by VR one week ago... 65.18.55.06PH 6.35.15.14, isn't it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] redrumpeace:
Working Camera App?

I've searched app called "Camera Magic" that recommended on the first post, but i can't find it on market..

I've tried install FxCamera from the market and it's not working on live view too..

Does anyone have installed camera app that works?

Please share here, cause i often use my camera..

Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] belu:
Camera magic work fin on my hero !

market://search?q=pname:com.noclicklabs.camera
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
There is an update.zip on the VillainROM site for giving a new phone interface. Don't have link handy, but it is stickied next to the release thread and is by "alex"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Psyed:
Another issue I found.

Even Camera Magic doesn't do the trick. It's installed, but I only take one picture with the preview screen working. As soon as the first one is taken, the screen turns black.

Edit:

Rebooting my phone, the bar code scanner kept focusing and defocussing when I tried to scan the QR code from belus post.

Edit 2:

Never noticed before, but hell that was a fast boot!

Edit 3:

No luck after reboot. Also installed ixMat Barcode Scanner. Which gave me even more issues. (The camer screen is black or freezes unless I touch the screen to resize the "search window"
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Strange... that is the exact same radio that I am using. I wonder if you had this issue after fresh install or not. If you ever reflash, see if it happens before you install your apps or not.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mattbeighton:
I have just updated to radio 65.18.55.06PH 6.35.15.01 using the built in villainrom updater, and whilst I can appear to get 3g when using the browser, gmail and gcalender are no longer syncing, any ideas?

I have set the t-mobile apn settings to the same as they were before (username as user rather than t-mobile) but no joy.

Edit: OK I figured it out, for some reason updating the radio set my date to 1980, I set it back and all is now well it seems.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raecarter82:
Edit: OK I figured it out, for some reason updating the radio set my date to 1980, I set it back and all is now well it seems.[/QUOTE]

Were you sat in some sort of hot tub time machine when you flashed the radio as I think that affects it lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adrimaxi:
Full wipe before Flashing... i ll try later to reflash
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwira:
Hello Rakig, it was working in a custom HTC based android 2.1.

url=addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-flash-10-1-on-android-2-1-eclair-devices
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
one radio ( I am guessing the one you flashed) was known to do this.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] redrumpeace:
Nope, the app is not found even if I follow your link..

I had the same problem when I use barcode scanner to Belu's code..

So, there are no app that can be used as a normal camera?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wichle:
Just push the attached LatinIME.apk... :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kwira:
Same Problem here :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Have you used market access?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SaSha1103:
HTC-IME

Hey guys,

On 2.1 i had no problem with my HTC_IME keyboard. But when i try it on 2.2, it's FC all the time.

Is there a new version of IME keyboard for 2.2 ?

Thnx in advance!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Download the HTC_IME mod v27 1.5 lowres (not 1.6+)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
I dl it yesterday, installed the mod and clicker and it didn´t start on Froyd...the keyboard wouldn´t show up
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raz23:
where do i get the test kernel from?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tywjohn:
Thank you :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SchinTeth:
I attached it for you:

Nandroid and then flash like a rom and it should work fine...I read somewhere that you have to turn SetCPU off before flashing so I guess that should be done aswell :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] raz23:
thx for the quick reply
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Weird. It's working fine here :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] $hred:
No Wifi Tethering Option

HI: With FroydVillain there is no Wifi Tethering Option. Only USB Tethering. Is this a known issue?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] stoney73:
I have the same issue. about to give up.